Car-door lock.



Y t invention consists in the novel features of f FRANK. nanny; or. MERIDIAN, iyrrssrssrrrr.

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I Specification of Letters .'Iatenti l Patented May 1912-.

-. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK RALEY, a citizen of' the 'United States, residing at Meridian, in the county of Lauderdale and State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in `Car-Door Locks, ofwhichthefollowing is ay specification, reference being had to the accompanyf ing drawings;

1 This. invention relates vto 'new and' useful improvements in c ar door fasteners and more particularly =to a fastener adapted Yfor useonsliding doors'of box cars, andr'my object is to provide a'device of'this character which will securely retain the doorv in its closed-position until such manual'operatlon removes the same.

A further object of the `invention resides in providing a .locking bar which extends diagonally across the door, said locking bar bein rotatably mounted thereon andproided with locking hooks at its ends ,adapted or' engagement with keepers or the like on the car proper. p l

Another obj ect of the invention resides in the provision of keepers adapted for engagement with the hooks formed on said locking bar, one of which keepers is secured to the ca r at an angle to the other.

I A still further object of the `invention resides in providing a device which is extremely slmple and durable in construction, inexpensive to manufactureV and one which will be very efficient anduseful in operation.

` With these and other objects in view,`the

construction, combination ,fand arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter referred to 'and more particularly pointed out in the specification and claims. t

-`In the accompanyingdra'wing forminga part of this application, Figure 1 is a fra-gf` mentary side elevation of a car showing n iy improved door fastener applied to use thereis a section through the caras seen on line l' -3-3, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is aA erspective view locking bar.

of oneend of the locking ar, and Fig. 5 is' a similar view of the opposite end of the lIn describing my invention, I'shall refer 'to thed'rawing in which similar reference i f characters designate correspbnding parts throughout the several views and` in which, l indicates the'side of acar of the usual 011..'` Fig. 2 is a horizontal section through the caras seen on line 2-2, Fig. 1. F igj Application meanarch'a, 1912. `serial No. 681075.

box type provided'with a door-way 2Vadapt ed to beclosed by a sliding vdoor 3. This door 3 issuspended from a means of the hangers 5fand 1s guided at its lowery end by means, of theguide keepers 6,.

butwhile I have described and shown this particular suspension and sliding meansv for the door,` it will befunderstoodthat any desiredform ofsliding door maybe provided.

Extending diagonally ofthe door 3 an'd yrotatably mountedin the'bea'rings 7 thereon, is a locking bar 8, said bai' being provided A y with anintegral collar 9 thereon, to prevent sliding movement of said har with respect tothe bearings. Thelowerjend of the locking bar is bent at right. angles as shown at guide rod 4 by.

10 and this angular bentend is then formed into a hook 11 which is adapted to engage r an eye or keeper12 secured to the side of .the 'car l `adjacent and below one of the guide keepers 6, said keeper or eye 12 have .ing the axis thereof disposed at an' acute angle to the horizontal plane of the lower edge of `the door. The upper end of said locking bar 8 which projects beyond the side edge of the door 3 'is bent to form a hook 13, the free end of which'is slightly distorted, as shown at 14 and mounted in a cavity 15 in the side rail or har 16 which limits the movement of said door'3, is an addi` tional eye or keeper 17. This keeper 17 is wholly disposed in a horizontal planev parallel to the. planes ofthe upper and lower edges of said door 3 and the cavity 15 which opens on to the side face of said rail 16 as well as t-he front face thereof, has the one wall thereof beveled as shown at 18,'

whereby it will be appreciated that when the door is niovcd to its closed position,. and the bar 8 turned, the hook 13 thereof will be disposed in engagement with said keeper- 17 In order to manually rotate this`gbar'fd; in itsl bearings 7 ,an arm 19 is formed there- .on, the free end of which is provided with Ln opening 20 and a keeper 21 secured to receive the free end of said arm therein, when moved in one posit-ion', said keeper being also providedwith openings adapted to aline with the opening 20.v `When this arm 19'is disposed so as! to be positioned within the keeper 21, the hooks at the ends 'of said barare adapted to engage their rel spective k'eepers and 1n order to lock vthe the front face of the door 3 is adapted to same in said position, a locking key 22 is yprovided. on the end of a flexible connection vention.

l23 secured to said door 3, which locking key is adapted to be disposed through the alining openings in sai'd arm 19 and the keeper 21.

From,` the foregoing description of the -construction of my device, the operation of the same will obviously be readily understood, but it will be seen that I have provided a simple, inexpensive and eiiicient de ,vice which may be readily operated and, which will securely retain the sliding door in effective position on a car.

While I havel particularly described the elements most well adapted to perform the functions set forth, it is obvious that various changes in form, proportion `and in the minor details-of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the novel features of the inposed 1in a plane-at an acute angle to the horizontal plane of the lower edge of said door, means to rotate said locking bar to' dispose the hook portions thereof in engagement with the eyes, and means to retain said locking bar in its effective position.

2. The combination wit-h a car havinor an opening in one side thereof and a sliding door therein, of a locking bar rotatably mounted on the outer face of said door and extending diagonally thereacross, the end portions of said locking bar being bent to form hooks, one of said hooks having the free end thereof slightly distorted, eyes secured to said car on opposite sides of the door therein, 'the lower eye being disposedl in a plane at an acute angle to the horizontal plane of the lower edge of said door, an arm formed on said locking bar to rotate the latter and cause the hook portions thereof to engage said eyes, and means adapted for engagementwith said arm to secure said locking bar in its effective position.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses. FRANK RALEY.

Witnesses:

C. R. WILLIAMS, G. L. GILBERT. 

